PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). L.A.S. addressed... - Lot 302 - Gros & Delettrez

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PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). L.A.S. addressed... - Lot 302 - Gros & Delettrez
PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). L.A.S. addressed to the physicist and biologist Charles Chamberland (1851-1908), one of Pasteur's oldest collaborators, closely associated with his work. S.l., August 4, 1880. 1 p. in-8. Autograph envelope preserved. Beautiful and sad letter from Louis Pasteur. "I will do my best to go to the experiments and I will surely go unless unforeseen circumstances arise. I had the misfortune to lose my sister [...]. In less than 48 hours everything was over: life, illness, death, burial. It is a frightening promptness [...]". Attached : BIOT, Jean-Baptiste (1774-1862), French physicist, astronomer and mathematician. L.A.S. to Dr. Pierre Rayer (1793-1867), famous anatomo-pathologist, physiologist and dermatologist, founder of the biology society and physician of Louis-Philippe and then of Napoleon III. S.l., May 6, 1853. 1/2 p. in-4. "In sending me this new sample of chincomicin tartrate, Pasteur writes the following. I would be happy if the good results obtained by Mr. Rayer could be sustained. I am sending you today (May 5) some chincomicin tartrate. The impurity that colors it is in extremely minimal proportion, and can have no influence on its effects. It is, this time, in crystalline mass [...]".
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